Donna Mclilly

“Mama took me in her arms and held me tight. Her embrace was hot and she smelled like sweat, dust, and grease, but I wanted her. I wanted to crawl inside her mind to find that place that let her smile and sing through the worst dust storms. If I had to be crazy, I wanted my mama's kind of crazy, because she was never afraid.”
― Sarah Zettel, Dust Girl

“you're my first born child, and the person who first showed me the miracle of this love a mother has for her child. ”
― Elizabeth Noble, Things I Want My Daughters to Know

“My mother once told me, when you have to make a decision, imagine the person you want to become someday. Ask yourself, what would that person do?”
― Barry Deutsch, How Mirka Met a Meteorite

“It takes a female to have a baby,
It takes a woman to raise a child,
It takes a mother to raise them correctly,
It takes a warrior to show them how to change the world.”
― Shannon L. Alder